Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Economics, Politics on Apr 20th, 2009
I wander around the Internet like a child in a candy store. So much to look at, so little time. I end up in places without any idea how I got there and wonder if I could get there again. In many ways, the Internet feels like a wilderness back country where you blaze your [...]
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” - Marcel Proust
Frenchy was on to something there. As is the way this blog is shaping up. Readers are certainly being exposed to new landscapes, via headlines and videos and images that they may have missed; however, I don’t [...]
Posted in Happiness, Relationships on Apr 16th, 2009
We are a merry band.
Our objective is not to steal from the rich and give to the poor. But we are for the poor.
The poor of vision. The poor of understanding. The poor of spirit. The poverty of ignorance.
Racism is a problem with one shortcoming: A Proper Answer.
In time each author of this blog will [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2009
From Toby Ng’s illustration series “If the world were a village of 100 people.”
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Posted in Immigration, Mexico, Racism on Apr 16th, 2009
Brought together by destiny. People said it’d never work. But somehow one plus one equals three. The Texican whopper. The taste of Texas with a little spicy Mexican to understand it you must try it. This is the real untold story of the history of Texas. Now you know.
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2009
Firmly imbedded in the mythologies of communist countries is that total racial and social equality has been achieved. The Soviets would routinely exorciate the US for its racial problems, as has the government of Cuba. But apparently all is not so idyllic on the island nation we love to hate. In 2000 Raul Castro said [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2009
That’s designer Ryan Waller’s smart-behind entry, right, to the New York Times’ “Help Put A New Face on Freedom,” One World Trade Center logo design contest. Asked what it meant, the artist cryptically replied, “The design says everything (and it should say multiple things at the same time).”
So, I’ll take a stab at it: Stores [...]
Posted in Arts, Business, Entertainment, Happiness, Media on Apr 15th, 2009
I could attach it to my new fat Mac, the one-drive wonder that set me back the outrageous sum of $2795 and it might have done some significantly awesome black and white graphics with MacPaint, one of the two programs it ran, but the laser printer was still an embryo in a university lab somewhere.
Posted in Law & Justice, Racism on Apr 14th, 2009
I read this story about Cordish County in Kansas that has created a ban on “baggy pants” in an area referred to as Kansas City Live a few weeks ago; I wasn’t quite sure what my thoughts were. And, then it came to me…
Posted in Entertainment on Apr 13th, 2009
Watch the clip of Susan Boyle from Britain’s Got Talent. What is it about Susan that makes us just know she’s going to suck?
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